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    the cause of the convection is unspecified, convection due to the effects of thermal expansion and buoyancy can be assumed. Convection may also take place...
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    Convection (or convective heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of fluid. Although often discussed as a...
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    A convection oven (also known as a fan-assisted oven, turbo broiler or simply a fan oven or turbo) is an oven that has fans to circulate air around food...
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    A convection zone, convective zone or convective region of a star is a layer which is unstable due to convection. Energy is primarily or partially transported...
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    Mantle convection is the very slow creep of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface....
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    Forced convection is a mechanism, or type of transport, in which fluid motion is generated by an external source (like a pump, fan, suction device, etc...
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    Mechanisms of producing precipitation include convective, stratiform, and orographic rainfall. Convective processes involve strong vertical motions that...
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  • The convection–diffusion equation is a combination of the diffusion and convection (advection) equations, and describes physical phenomena where particles...
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    Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel-environment instability (temperature difference layer) in the atmosphere.[jargon] Different lapse rates...
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    classified into various mechanisms, such as thermal conduction, thermal convection, thermal radiation, and transfer of energy by phase changes. Engineers...
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  • In fluid thermodynamics, Rayleigh–Bénard convection is a type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below...
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    air tends to rise in an updraft through the process of convection (hence the term convective precipitation). This process creates a low-pressure zone...
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  • The convection–diffusion equation describes the flow of heat, particles, or other physical quantities in situations where there is both diffusion and convection...
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    A thermal column (or thermal) is a rising mass of buoyant air, a convective current in the atmosphere, that transfers heat energy vertically. Thermals...
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    A convection heater (otherwise known as a convector heater) is a type of heater that uses convection currents to heat and circulate air. These air currents...
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    In fluid dynamics, a convection cell is the phenomenon that occurs when density differences exist within a body of liquid or gas. These density differences...
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    this phenomenon occurs? (more unsolved problems in physics) Granular convection is a phenomenon where granular material subjected to shaking or vibration...
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    ground level. There are three distinct ways that precipitation can occur. Convective precipitation is generally more intense, and of shorter duration, than...
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    Convective inhibition (CIN or CINH) is a numerical measure in meteorology that indicates the amount of energy that will prevent an air parcel from rising...
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  • Nusselt number (category Convection)
    boundary in a fluid. Total heat transfer combines conduction and convection. Convection includes both advection (fluid motion) and diffusion (conduction)...
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    asthenosphere beneath. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection currents, the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid mantle. At a seafloor...
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    microwave oven is the convection microwave oven. A convection microwave oven is a combination of a standard microwave oven and a convection oven. It allows...
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    contiguous United States. It issues convective outlooks, mesoscale discussions, and watches as a part of this process. Convective outlooks are issued for the...
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  • dependence, this phenomenon may be called thermo-capillary convection (or Bénard–Marangoni convection). This phenomenon was first identified in the so-called...
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    by means of radiative diffusion and thermal conduction, rather than by convection. Energy travels through the radiation zone in the form of electromagnetic...
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  • study of situations involving natural convection and is analogous to the Reynolds number (Re). Free convection is caused by a change in density of a fluid...
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  • dynamics, convective mixing is the vertical transport of a fluid and its properties. In many important ocean and atmospheric phenomena, convection is driven...
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  • sciences, heat transfer includes the processes of thermal radiation, convection, and sometimes mass transfer.[further explanation needed] Usually, more...
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  • convection (Convection refers to the circulation of heated air within the chamber of the oven) sterilizers: Gravity convection Mechanical convection A...
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  • Heat transfer coefficient (category Convection)
    difference, ΔT ). It is used in calculating the heat transfer, typically by convection or phase transition between a fluid and a solid. The heat transfer coefficient...
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